NHAI threatens to drag environment ministry to court

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has threatened to drag the environment ministry to the Supreme Court, accusing the ministry of failing in complying with a court directive to de-link forest and environmental clearances. NHAI’s move comes a day after GMR Infrastructure terminated its contract with NHAI for the six-laning of the Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad expressway project, alleging long delays in requisite environmental approvals. read more